Bpeace in Rwanda

From left to right: Manny Ruranga, Marla Gitterman, Anne Kellett, Richard Niwenshuti, Loretta Davis, Julia Davis, Selma Jackson, Cari Clement and Sabra Richardson.

Eight members of The Bpeace Rwanda Action Team traveled to Rwanda to work on developing sustainable businesses for women and to help affect peace. If you are new to this blog—begin with the bottom. It is a compilation of the team’s notes. And don’t forget to leave your comments.

Homeward Bound
Last august we debriefed in Kenya during our 6 hour lay over. This time round we were too tired and did some napping and last minute shopping. Manny got to visit with his brother who is stationed in Nairobi. Loretta left us to catch her flight home on British Airlines. We missed our connection in London (we are rethinking traveling on Virgin Airlines and Kenya Airways). Luckily, Heathrow has many “shoppes” and thankfully the 2 bag rule wasn’t enforced. It was a” hard days night” traveling home, to be sure, but wait till you hear the full story of our trip! It was an honor to travel and work with this dedicated team. Julia, Loretta, Manny, Marla, Sabra, and Selma, thank you for keeping up with the aggressive schedule and using your individual talents, expertise and hearts to make this mission such a success. We have concrete accomplishments to point to and many new initiatives to launch on behalf of the women of Rwanda. Thank you team for a job so well done. Anne